Just when you think you’ve heard it all, something pops up that shows you there is something that was going on in the back room that is just coming to light. Then that light is astounding, even more so because of the possible action that could or could not be taken. What is this and why is it important? Thank you, Raw Story:
And here’s the title of the RS article:
‘ Republicans are toast’: GOP insiders reportedly quietly mull throwing Trump overboard
President Donald Trump has put Republicans in a tough spot ahead of midterm elections — and GOP insiders are starting to acknowledge it behind closed doors, according to reports on Friday.
In a new episode from The Daily Blast, The New Republic’s podcast from host Greg Sargent, he reported new polling results have revealed that Trump “is literally the most unpopular U.S. president ever when it comes to gas prices” as questions about the president’s corruption have come into the public eye.
“NBC News is reporting that some House Republicans privately admit that Donald Trump and MAGA are now a serious liability in the midterms,” The New Republic reported.
“They’re in a trap. Republicans can’t decide whether to rely on Trump to turn out his supporters—voters that Republicans very much need—because that risks tying them too closely to the ailing, unpopular president.”
An ailing, unpopular president is an understatement. All his polls are diving down, and when you look at what’s going on with our country, it’s not a surprise. We’re groaning under the weight of Trump’s bad decisions. With the Iran war going on, it’s hurting not just us, but the world, and we don’t know how much more we can take.
Now, Republicans are growing increasingly worried about whether to stand with the president.
“That GOP trap—whether or not to run with Trump—perfectly captures how the GOP’s uncritical embrace of the president is backfiring in just about every way,” according to The New Republic.
Sargent cited how the soaring gas prices could determine how Republicans perform in November’s midterms, referencing comments from right-leaning economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin from a Washington Post report earlier this week.
“He said that people inside the White House, Republicans in and around the White House, are growing anxious,” Sargent reported. “He said, ‘They’re very worried.’ And then he said this: ‘I think there’s no way to sugarcoat that if we don’t get the price of gasoline down, Republicans are toast. It’s really simple.”
It took them long enough to realize this. Trump has done the complete opposite of what he said he would, but Republicans didn’t notice this? They approved the BUB, which is part of the problem for the people of America, and didn’t think of the effect? Come on! Really??!! They deserve to be toast, except for a few decent people. They brought it on themselves. They should have thought about what Trump was doing after the first promise he broke. This is what we’ve been saying since his first day in office, and that damn giant pardon, which I’m still bitter about.
The Bulwark’s Mona Charen, host of The Mona Charen Show, added her insights — on whether she thought Republicans could recover from the crushing polls.
“Well, I mean, barring some sort of miracle, it doesn’t seem likely,” Charen said. “They always say that prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather. And so it is hard to get prices down quickly enough.
The conventional wisdom is that people make their voting decisions by August of an election year, and pretty much after that, it doesn’t much matter—they’ve made up their minds. So we’re in May. Could something happen to bring prices down by August? I’m not going to say it’s impossible. I just think it’s exceedingly unlikely.“
She also described how Democrats could use this to their advantage — and how the fight against authoritarianism is far from over.
“As for whether Republicans are toast, I would just say this,” Charen added. “In all likelihood, they’re going to have a bad year.
Democrats should be doing everything possible to make it a terrible year.
But this is going to be a long-term struggle that we are in against illiberalism and quasi-fascism. And it ain’t going to be over in November.”
A long-term struggle, indeed. We are going to have to recover from two Trump terms. He’s wrecked a lot of things that we need to repair, some of which may not be possible. But the two qualities she listed, those are right here at home. We need to push for the end of those; they need to be spread far and wide so everyone can see the truth. Truth is what we’re after, for now.
See you tomorrow!
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